small press, big plans
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2010
What is Scribbles in a Sandstorm?
An illustrated account of the birth of Dan
A flurry of artistic output from a secluded desert outpost
What the Joshua Trees were pointing at all along
A celebration of printing and bookmaking
An accordion whose music is ecstatically visual
Chance Press is very excited to announce the publication of Scribbles in a Sandstorm, a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2010
Buenaventura Press just officially announced their closure over here a couple days ago, although the writing seemed to be on the wall when they stopped updating their site (as of 11/09) and pulled down their webshop. I had the privilege of meeting Alvin Buenaventura a couple times at signings and once when he graciously gave [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010
As fans of author/cartoonist Dan Clowes are well-aware, some of his best work has never been collected into fancy, hardcover books (or even less fancy softcover books). While much of the work Clowes is famous for was originally serialized in his comic Eightball, much of what appeared in Eightball has remained in the serial comics [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2010
So Justine and I are back from our two-week honeymoon in New Zealand, and we’re ready to make books again! We’re about halfway through binding up the Larding books, and once we have the signed pages back from Steve Hines, we’ll be just about ready to list them for sale. We sat down and figured [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2010
Sometimes personal issues and stress motivate the heck out of me, and I come home every day from work and put in a few hours of good work, and stuff gets done. Other times, nothing. Patience… Larding will come out soon, just not quite as soon as I had hoped. (For those concerned, nothing too [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 11th, 2010
Let’s just say I thought I was closer to being done with the Larding project before we put it on hiatus in February. At the very least, I thought all the design work was done. Well, not quite, it turns out. But this is what is fun about running a small press and getting to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 1st, 2010
Take note, kids – this is how you lure top talent to your small press… Find authors you like as they’re graciously doing book signings, and then present them with at least ten books to sign. As they wade through the task of signing each and every book you plonked down in front of them, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2010
So, the Larding project, darling of my incessant news updates, went on hold for a couple reasons. First, despite all the pre-work that I put in during December and January, I knew that I wouldn’t be able to print out the text until we procured an Epson Ultrachrome K3 printer. When the book is finally [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 3rd, 2010
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 3rd, 2010
Presenting the first book published under our new imprint, Chance Press Research: Abel Debritto’s Too Powerful a Thing to Reject: Charles Bukowski’s Transition Years, 1945-1957. While a book on Bukowski, perhaps the most widely-published and prolific poet of the 20th Century, doesn’t immediately align with Chance Press Research’s goals of exploring forgotten or underappreciated literature, [...]